Willington Quay Reservoir

HER Number

2143

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Willington Quay Reservoir

Place

Willington Quay

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

Class

Water Supply and Drainage

Site Type: Broad

Water Storage Site

Site Type: Specific

Reservoir

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

A reservoir is shown on early Ordnance Survey plans, though the precise location is unclear.

Easting

433780

Northing

566400

Grid Reference

NZ433780566400

Sources

<< HER 2143 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1899, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 89, SE